Congolese national police accused rebels Monday of massacring 39 of their officers in the violence-wracked Kasai region.

The victims were killed in an “ambush” early Friday and buried in a mass grave by supporters of late militia leader Kamwina Nsapu around 75 kilometres north of Tshikapa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s central Kasai region, a police spokesman said.

Mansur Dan-Ali, minister of defence, says Abubakar Shekau,
leader of the Boko Haram sect, is still alive and could be hiding in
Sambisa forest, a stronghold of the sect in Borno state.Speaking
with state house correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu
Buhari on Tuesday, Dan-Ali said Shekau had been disguising with masks to
evade arrest.He maintained that the military had overpowered the
sect, and expressed the belief that its leader will be arrested “as
soon as possible”.

The police Sergeant, Wilson Ufere, who killed 16-year-old Obinna Iwuoha, on Thursday on the Anara-Umuahia expressway in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State have been expelled from the Nigeria Police Force.

Ufere, had at about 5:30 pm at ‘Ugwu Omiri Lawyer’, while on a road duty with two other colleagues, opened fire directly at a close range on a group of youths, mostly teenagers who were on a church procession.

As the crisis between Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh and Olakunle Churchill linger over accusations of infidelity and domestic violence coupled with constant blackmailing attacks on social media, the arrow head journalist " MEDIA ROOM HUB " that anchored both couples interview, has further joined the estranged husband's younger brother Tokunbo and the Chief Security Officer of the family in the interview party.

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate has sacked five directors over employment irregularities and redeployed some staff back to the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.

Daily Trust gathered that the development followed a staff audit authorised by the Head of Service of the Federation upon the request of the Executive Secretary of the Directorate, Barr. Sharon Ikeazor.

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday said nothing has changed its earlier resolve to field President Muhammadu Buhari for reelection in the 2019 general elections despite his recent health challenges.

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, national chairman of the party, in a chat with Independent said he is standing by his earlier statement that the party leadership will beg President Buhari to contest the 2019 election irrespective of his health situation.

I once wrote about Nigeria’s “children of anger”, but the country seems to have progressed from anger to clinical depression, resulting in a rise not merely in social aggressiveness, but a determination by certain individuals to escape from it all. The percentage of Nigerians seeking escape through suicide nonetheless remains small relative to the size of the population, but the sharp increase in the number and frequency of reported suicides in the last two years alone speaks to a certain dysfunctionality requiring closer inquiry.

Who wrote the letter asking an Adamawa State High Court judge to release the convicted former governor of the state, James Balla Ngilari, from prison?

This is the key question the leadership of the Nigeria Prison Service was battling to unravel last night, a few hours after some forces within the service had connived to free Ngilari, who had barely served a month out of his five-year jail term, from prison.

Suspected Boko Haram members attacked communities in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, kidnapping 10 people including four women, an official has said.

Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Borno, said suspected Boko Haram members had invaded Konduga Local Government Area and abducted four women and six youths.

The Importer of the Bullet-proof range rover allegedly belonging to Bukola Saraki, Mr. Tokunbo Akindele has denied importing any vehicle for the senate president. He said; “In 2015, we imported the bullet-proof SUV for the company use, we later changed our minds, as we got an alternative.

Veteran actress, Ngozi Nwosu is one talented and comic actress who has been in the Nigerian movie industry for nearly 20 years. She has opened up about marriage saying she still hasn’t given up on marriage.

The Head of News of Coolfm, Nigeriainfofm and Wazobiafm, Port Harcourt Branch, Blessing Olomou has shared the news of a Jumia delivery man who was allegedly murdered by 3 suspects after he went to PH to deliver some items.

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has denied owning any house or houses in the Maitama area of Abuja.

Reacting to a report captioned, Magu Under Fresh Probe over 2 Abuja Mansions, which appeared in The Sun Newspaper of March 25, the EFCC boss dismissed the story as a work of fiction that threatens legal action against the newspaper and the authors of the story.

A Katsina Chief Magistrate’s Court today sentenced one Gambo Saeed to nine months imprisonment for insulting and defaming the character of Katsina state governor, Aminu Masari, on social media.

At the hearing of the case against Saeed today, the Police Prosecutor, Inspector Isa Liti told the court that Saeed was arraigned following complaints received from the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Radio Monitoring, Mansur Ali Mashi

Mrs Taiwo Obasanjo, wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday filed a suit at an Ikeja High Court, seeking to stop the wedding of her son, Olujonwo Obasanjo, scheduled for May 11.

Ex-President Obasanjo and the father of the bride, Sir Kessington Adebutu, promoter of Premier Lotto known as “Baba Ijebu” are respondents to the suit.

Mrs Obasanjo, who is the twin sister of Chief Kenny Martins, the former Coordinator of the Police Equipment Fund, is seeking a postponement of the wedding of her son, Olujonwo to Tope Adebutu scheduled for May 11 and May 12.

Erstwhile Senate leader, Ali Ndume has stated that he has no ill feelings against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Senator Dino Melaye.

This spoke with regards to his call for their investigation for their alleged involvement in various scandals.

While responding to questions, when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Public Petitions, Ethics and Privileges in Abuja, he bared said there was nothing ‘ulterior’, noting that the Senate was being bashed in the media as a result of the allegations against the duo.